June 19th All Events |
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| June 19th, 2008 (June 19 2008) | Death | Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (born in 1934) | |
| June 19th, 2008 (June 19 2008) | Death | Bennie Swain, American basketball player (born in 1930) | |
| June 19th, 2007 (June 19 2007) | Death | El Fary, Spanish singer (born in 1937) | |
| June 19th, 2007 (June 19 2007) | Death | Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (born in 1947) | |
| June 19th, 2007 (June 19 2007) | Death | Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (born in 1919) | |
| June 19th, 2007 (June 19 2007) | Death | Ze ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (born in 1932) | |
| June 19th, 2006 (June 19 2006) | Event | Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway. | |
| June 19th, 2003 (June 19 2003) | Death | Laura Sadler, English actress (born in 1980) | |
| June 19th, 2001 (June 19 2001) | Death | John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (born in 1916) | |
| June 19th, 1997 (June 19 1997) | Death | Olga Georges-Picot, French actress (born in 1944) | |
| June 19th, 1997 (June 19 1997) | Death | Bobby Helms, American singer (born in 1933) | |
| June 19th, 1996 (June 19 1996) | Death | G. David Schine, American businessman (born in 1927) | |
| June 19th, 1995 (June 19 1995) | Birth | Blake Woodruff, American actor | |
| June 19th, 1995 (June 19 1995) | Death | Peter Townsend, RAF officer (born in 1914) | |
| June 19th, 1993 (June 19 1993) | Death | William Golding, English writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1911) | William Golding Quotes |
| June 19th, 1991 (June 19 1991) | Birth | Pontus Ekhem, Swedish hockey player | |
| June 19th, 1991 (June 19 1991) | Death | Jean Arthur, American actress (born in 1900) | |
| June 19th, 1988 (June 19 1988) | Death | Fernand Seguin, Canadian biologist (born in 1922) | |
| June 19th, 1988 (June 19 1988) | Death | Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (born in 1918) | |
| June 19th, 1987 (June 19 1987) | Event | The ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45. | |
| June 19th, 1987 (June 19 1987) | Birth | Rashard Mendenhall, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1987 (June 19 1987) | Death | Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (born in 1981) | |
| June 19th, 1986 (June 19 1986) | Event | Len Bias, an American college basketball player suffered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia that resulted from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected by the Boston Celtics. | |
| June 19th, 1986 (June 19 1986) | Birth | Marvin Williams, American basketball player | |
| June 19th, 1986 (June 19 1986) | Death | Coluche, French comedian (born in 1944) | |
| June 19th, 1986 (June 19 1986) | Death | Len Bias, American basketball player (born in 1963) | |
| June 19th, 1985 (June 19 1985) | Birth | John Decyk, American martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| June 19th, 1984 (June 19 1984) | Birth | Paul Dano, American actor | |
| June 19th, 1983 (June 19 1983) | Birth | Mark Selby, British snooker player | |
| June 19th, 1982 (June 19 1982) | Event | In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped. | |
| June 19th, 1982 (June 19 1982) | Event | The body of God s Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. | |
| June 19th, 1982 (June 19 1982) | Birth | David Pollack, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1982 (June 19 1982) | Birth | Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor | |
| June 19th, 1982 (June 19 1982) | Birth | Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player | |
| June 19th, 1980 (June 19 1980) | Birth | Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player | |
| June 19th, 1980 (June 19 1980) | Birth | Dante Robinson, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1980 (June 19 1980) | Birth | Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress | |
| June 19th, 1979 (June 19 1979) | Birth | John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer | |
| June 19th, 1979 (June 19 1979) | Birth | Quentin Jammer, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1979 (June 19 1979) | Birth | John Ford, American software engineer | |
| June 19th, 1979 (June 19 1979) | Death | Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist (born in 1888) | |
| June 19th, 1978 (June 19 1978) | Birth | Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler | |
| June 19th, 1978 (June 19 1978) | Birth | Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player | |
| June 19th, 1978 (June 19 1978) | Birth | Zoe Saldana, American actress | |
| June 19th, 1978 (June 19 1978) | Birth | Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player | |
| June 19th, 1977 (June 19 1977) | Birth | Peter Warrick, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1977 (June 19 1977) | Birth | Veronika Varekova, Czech supermodel | |
| June 19th, 1977 (June 19 1977) | Death | Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (born in 1933) | |
| June 19th, 1977 (June 19 1977) | Death | Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (born in 1889) | |
| June 19th, 1976 (June 19 1976) | Birth | Bryan Hughes, English footballer | |
| June 19th, 1976 (June 19 1976) | Birth | Patrick Surtain, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1975 (June 19 1975) | Birth | Anthony Parker, American basketball player | |
| June 19th, 1975 (June 19 1975) | Birth | Hugh Dancy, English actor | |
| June 19th, 1975 (June 19 1975) | Death | Sam Giancana, American gangster (born in 1908) | |
| June 19th, 1974 (June 19 1974) | Birth | Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player | |
| June 19th, 1973 (June 19 1973) | Birth | Jahine Arnold, American football player | |
| June 19th, 1973 (June 19 1973) | Birth | Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player | |
| June 19th, 1972 (June 19 1972) | Birth | Brian McBride, American soccer player | |
| June 19th, 1972 (June 19 1972) | Birth | Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress | |
| June 19th, 1972 (June 19 1972) | Birth | Dennis Lyxzen, Swedish musician | |
| June 19th, 1972 (June 19 1972) | Birth | Robin Tunney, American actress | |
| June 19th, 1970 (June 19 1970) | Event | The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed. | |
| June 19th, 1970 (June 19 1970) | Birth | Quincy Watts, American athlete | |
| June 19th, 1970 (June 19 1970) | Birth | Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician | |
| June 19th, 1970 (June 19 1970) | Birth | Brian Welch, American guitarist | |
| June 19th, 1970 (June 19 1970) | Birth | Antonis Remos, Greek singer | |
| June 19th, 1969 (June 19 1969) | Birth | Lara Spencer, American TV personality | |
| June 19th, 1968 (June 19 1968) | Birth | Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer | |
| June 19th, 1968 (June 19 1968) | Death | James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (born in 1898) | |
| June 19th, 1967 (June 19 1967) | Birth | Bjorn D?hlie, Norwegian skier | |
| June 19th, 1967 (June 19 1967) | Birth | Mia Sara, American actress | |
| June 19th, 1966 (June 19 1966) | Birth | Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur | |
| June 19th, 1966 (June 19 1966) | Death | Ed Wynn, American actor (born in 1886) | |
| June 19th, 1965 (June 19 1965) | Birth | Sadie Frost, English actress | |
| June 19th, 1965 (June 19 1965) | Birth | Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer | |
| June 19th, 1964 (June 19 1964) | Birth | Boris Johnson, British politician | Boris Johnson Quotes |
| June 19th, 1964 (June 19 1964) | Birth | Brian Vander Ark, American musician | |
| June 19th, 1963 (June 19 1963) | Birth | Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer | |
| June 19th, 1962 (June 19 1962) | Birth | Jeremy Bates, English tennis player | |
| June 19th, 1962 (June 19 1962) | Birth | Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer | |
| June 19th, 1961 (June 19 1961) | Event | Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| June 19th, 1960 (June 19 1960) | Birth | Luke Morley, British guitarist | |
| June 19th, 1959 (June 19 1959) | Birth | Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter | |
| June 19th, 1957 (June 19 1957) | Birth | Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (died in 2003) | |
| June 19th, 1956 (June 19 1956) | Birth | Doug Stone, American singer | |
| June 19th, 1956 (June 19 1956) | Death | Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (born in 1874) | Thomas J. Watson Quotes |
| June 19th, 1954 (June 19 1954) | Birth | Kathleen Turner, American actress | |
| June 19th, 1953 (June 19 1953) | Event | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. | |
| June 19th, 1953 (June 19 1953) | Birth | Larry Dunn, American musician | |
| June 19th, 1953 (June 19 1953) | Death | Julius Rosenberg, American spy (born in 1918) | |
| June 19th, 1953 (June 19 1953) | Death | Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (born in 1915) | |
| June 19th, 1952 (June 19 1952) | Death | Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (born in 1888) | |
| June 19th, 1951 (June 19 1951) | Birth | Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist | |
| June 19th, 1951 (June 19 1951) | Birth | Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist | |
| June 19th, 1951 (June 19 1951) | Death | Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet (born in 1884) | |
| June 19th, 1950 (June 19 1950) | Birth | Ann Wilson, American musician | |
| June 19th, 1949 (June 19 1949) | Death | Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim philosopher (born in 1885) | Philo Quotes |
| June 19th, 1948 (June 19 1948) | Birth | Phylicia Rashad, American actress | |
| June 19th, 1948 (June 19 1948) | Birth | Nick Drake, English musician (died in 1974) | Nick Drake Quotes |
| June 19th, 1947 (June 19 1947) | Birth | Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer | |
| June 19th, 1947 (June 19 1947) | Birth | Salman Rushdie, Indian author | |
| June 19th, 1945 (June 19 1945) | Birth | Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate | |
| June 19th, 1945 (June 19 1945) | Birth | Radovan Karadzic, Serbian-Bosnian politician | |
| June 19th, 1944 (June 19 1944) | Event | World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. | |
| June 19th, 1944 (June 19 1944) | Birth | Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician | |
| June 19th, 1943 (June 19 1943) | Event | Race riots occur in Beaumont, Texas. | |
| June 19th, 1942 (June 19 1942) | Birth | Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, musician | |
| June 19th, 1942 (June 19 1942) | Birth | Jos Brink, Dutch actor (died in 2007) | |
| June 19th, 1941 (June 19 1941) | Birth | Vaclav Klaus, Czech politician and President | |
| June 19th, 1941 (June 19 1941) | Birth | Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist | |
| June 19th, 1940 (June 19 1940) | Birth | Shirley Muldowney, Racecar Driver | |
| June 19th, 1939 (June 19 1939) | Birth | Al Wilson, American singer (died in 2008) | |
| June 19th, 1939 (June 19 1939) | Death | Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (born in 1878) | |
| June 19th, 1938 (June 19 1938) | Birth | Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (died in 2002) | |
| June 19th, 1938 (June 19 1938) | Birth | Ian Smith, Australian actor | |
| June 19th, 1937 (June 19 1937) | Death | J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (born in 1860) | J. M. Barrie Quotes |
| June 19th, 1936 (June 19 1936) | Birth | Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer | |
| June 19th, 1936 (June 19 1936) | Birth | Shirley Goodman, American singer (died in 2005) | |
| June 19th, 1936 (June 19 1936) | Birth | Marisa Galvany, American soprano | |
| June 19th, 1934 (June 19 1934) | Event | The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC). | |
| June 19th, 1933 (June 19 1933) | Birth | Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut | |
| June 19th, 1932 (June 19 1932) | Birth | Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (died in 1972) | |
| June 19th, 1932 (June 19 1932) | Birth | Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress | |
| June 19th, 1930 (June 19 1930) | Birth | Gena Rowlands, American actress | |
| June 19th, 1929 (June 19 1929) | Birth | Thelma Barlow, English actress | |
| June 19th, 1928 (June 19 1928) | Birth | Nancy Marchand, American actress (died in 2000) | |
| June 19th, 1928 (June 19 1928) | Birth | Barry Took, English comedy writer (died in 2002) | |
| June 19th, 1925 (June 19 1925) | Birth | Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer (died in 2006) | |
| June 19th, 1924 (June 19 1924) | Birth | Leo Nomellini, American football player (died in 2000) | |
| June 19th, 1922 (June 19 1922) | Birth | Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate | Niels Bohr Quotes |
| June 19th, 1921 (June 19 1921) | Death | Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (born in 1888) | |
| June 19th, 1919 (June 19 1919) | Birth | Louis Jourdan, French actor | |
| June 19th, 1919 (June 19 1919) | Birth | Pauline Kael, American movie critic (died in 2001) | Pauline Kael Quotes |
| June 19th, 1917 (June 19 1917) | Birth | Joshua Nkomo, Vice President of Zimbabwe (died in 1999) | |
| June 19th, 1915 (June 19 1915) | Birth | Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (died in 2004) | |
| June 19th, 1914 (June 19 1914) | Event | A radiotelegraphic link is established between Germany and the United States. German Emperor Wilhelm II and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson exchange telegrams to mark the event. | |
| June 19th, 1914 (June 19 1914) | Birth | Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (died in 2003) | |
| June 19th, 1914 (June 19 1914) | Birth | Alan Cranston, American politician (died in 2000) | Alan Cranston Quotes |
| June 19th, 1914 (June 19 1914) | Birth | Lester Flatt, American musician (died in 1979) | |
| June 19th, 1912 (June 19 1912) | Birth | Don Gutteridge, American baseball player | |
| June 19th, 1912 (June 19 1912) | Birth | Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (died in 2005) | |
| June 19th, 1910 (June 19 1910) | Event | The first Father s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. | |
| June 19th, 1910 (June 19 1910) | Birth | Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1985) | |
| June 19th, 1910 (June 19 1910) | Birth | Abe Fortas, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1982) | |
| June 19th, 1909 (June 19 1909) | Birth | Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (died in 1948) | |
| June 19th, 1907 (June 19 1907) | Birth | Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (died in 1985) | |
| June 19th, 1906 (June 19 1906) | Birth | Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1979) | |
| June 19th, 1906 (June 19 1906) | Birth | Walter Rauff, German colonel (died in 1984) | |
| June 19th, 1905 (June 19 1905) | Birth | Mildred Natwick, American actress (died in 1994) | |
| June 19th, 1903 (June 19 1903) | Birth | Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (died in 1941) | |
| June 19th, 1903 (June 19 1903) | Birth | Wally Hammond, English cricketer (died in 1965) | |
| June 19th, 1903 (June 19 1903) | Birth | Hans Litten, German jurist (died in 1938) | |
| June 19th, 1902 (June 19 1902) | Birth | Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (died in 1977) | |
| June 19th, 1902 (June 19 1902) | Death | Albert, King of Saxony (born in 1828) | |
| June 19th, 1900 (June 19 1900) | Birth | Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (died in 1986) | |
| June 19th, 1898 (June 19 1898) | Birth | James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (died in 1968) | |
| June 19th, 1897 (June 19 1897) | Birth | Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1967) | |
| June 19th, 1897 (June 19 1897) | Birth | Moe Howard, American actor (died in 1975) | |
| June 19th, 1896 (June 19 1896) | Birth | Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (died in 1986) | |
| June 19th, 1877 (June 19 1877) | Birth | Charles Coburn, American actor (died in 1961) | |
| June 19th, 1875 (June 19 1875) | Event | The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins. | Tom Ze Quotes |
| June 19th, 1874 (June 19 1874) | Birth | Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (died in 1941) | |
| June 19th, 1870 (June 19 1870) | Event | After all of the Southern States are formally readmitted to the United States, the Confederate States of America ceases to exist. | |
| June 19th, 1867 (June 19 1867) | Event | Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Queretaro, Queretaro. | |
| June 19th, 1867 (June 19 1867) | Death | Maximilian I, Mexican Emperor (born in 1832) | |
| June 19th, 1865 (June 19 1865) | Event | Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as Juneteenth. | |
| June 19th, 1865 (June 19 1865) | Birth | Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (died in 1948) | |
| June 19th, 1862 (June 19 1862) | Event | U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying the Dred Scott Case. | |
| June 19th, 1861 (June 19 1861) | Birth | Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British soldier (died in 1928) | |
| June 19th, 1861 (June 19 1861) | Birth | Jose Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (died in 1896) | Jose Rizal Quotes |
| June 19th, 1858 (June 19 1858) | Birth | Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (died in 1911) | Sam Walter Foss Quotes |
| June 19th, 1851 (June 19 1851) | Birth | Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (died in 1890) | |
| June 19th, 1850 (June 19 1850) | Event | Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway. | |
| June 19th, 1850 (June 19 1850) | Birth | David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (died in 1932) | |
| June 19th, 1846 (June 19 1846) | Event | The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules is played in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. | |
| June 19th, 1846 (June 19 1846) | Birth | Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (died in 1928) | |
| June 19th, 1844 (June 19 1844) | Death | Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (born in 1772) | |
| June 19th, 1834 (June 19 1834) | Birth | Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (died in 1892) | |
| June 19th, 1821 (June 19 1821) | Event | Decisive defeat of the Philiki Etaireia by the Ottomans at Dragasani (in Wallachia). | |
| June 19th, 1820 (June 19 1820) | Death | Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist (born in 1743) | |
| June 19th, 1816 (June 19 1816) | Event | Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson s Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. | |
| June 19th, 1816 (June 19 1816) | Birth | William Henry Webb, American industrialist (died in 1899) | |
| June 19th, 1815 (June 19 1815) | Birth | Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (died in 1872) | |
| June 19th, 1807 (June 19 1807) | Event | Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos. | |
| June 19th, 1805 (June 19 1805) | Death | Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee, French painter (born in 1724) | |
| June 19th, 1792 (June 19 1792) | Birth | Gustav Schwab, German author (died in 1850) | |
| June 19th, 1786 (June 19 1786) | Death | Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (born in 1742) | |
| June 19th, 1771 (June 19 1771) | Birth | Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (died in 1859) | |
| June 19th, 1770 (June 19 1770) | Event | Emanuel Swedenborg reports the completion of the Second Coming of Christ in his work True Christian Religion. | Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes |
| June 19th, 1768 (June 19 1768) | Death | Benjamin Tasker, Governor of Maryland (born in 1690) | |
| June 19th, 1764 (June 19 1764) | Birth | Jose Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (died in 1850) | |
| June 19th, 1762 (June 19 1762) | Death | Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (born in 1702) | |
| June 19th, 1747 (June 19 1747) | Death | Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (born in 1669) | |
| June 19th, 1717 (June 19 1717) | Birth | Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (died in 1757) | |
| June 19th, 1650 (June 19 1650) | Death | Matthaus Merian, Swiss engraver (born in 1593) | |
| June 19th, 1633 (June 19 1633) | Birth | Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (died in 1712) | |
| June 19th, 1623 (June 19 1623) | Birth | Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (died in 1662) | Blaise Pascal Quotes |
| June 19th, 1608 (June 19 1608) | Death | Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (born in 1551) | |
| June 19th, 1606 (June 19 1606) | Birth | James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (died in 1649) | |
| June 19th, 1584 (June 19 1584) | Death | Francois, Duke of Anjou (born in 1555) | |
| June 19th, 1566 (June 19 1566) | Birth | King James I of England and VI of Scotland (died in 1625) | James I of England Quotes |
| June 19th, 1545 (June 19 1545) | Death | Abraomas Kulvietis Lithuanian reformer (born in 1509) | |
| June 19th, 1542 (June 19 1542) | Death | Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (born in 1482) | |
| June 19th, 1507 (June 19 1507) | Birth | Annibale Caro, Italian poet (died in 1566) | |
| June 19th, 1312 (June 19 1312) | Death | Piers Gaveston, French favorite of Edward II of England | |
| June 19th, 1306 (June 19 1306) | Event | The Earl of Pembroke s army defeats Bruce s Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. | |
| June 19th, 1301 (June 19 1301) | Birth | Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (died in 1333) | |
| June 19th, 1269 (June 19 1269) | Event | King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver. | Louis IX of France Quotes |
| June 19th, 1179 (June 19 1179) | Event | The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars. | |
